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Paintings of Egypt 2: Scenery

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Views painted of Cairo and other parts of Egypt, including Thomas Seddon, Alberto Pasini, Jean-Léon Gérôme and the Australian Impressionist Arthur Streeton.

December 18, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 14: Hamlet 1

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An outline of the plot of Shakespeare’s greatest play, together with a selection of paintings, excluding those of the death of Ophelia.

September 12, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 8: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2

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Titania, Queen of the Fairies, falls in love with Bottom, whose head has been turned into that of an ass. All ends well, after a farcical play within a play/

July 26, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 7: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1

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His most popular comedy inspired a new sub-genre in painting, ‘faery painting’ in the 19th century. Here’s the first act and a bit, with paintings by Dadd and Paton.

July 25, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 3: The Tempest

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Twelve years earlier, the real Duke of Milan was abandoned with his young daughter in a small boat. When he is able to bring his usurper to face his revenge, this is what happens.

July 4, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 1: Romeo and Juliet

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If you remember one Shakespeare play well, it’s Romeo and Juliet, shown here in paintings of the balcony scene, and the couple’s tragic deaths.

June 20, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays: Introduction to a new series

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Works of the greatest English writer, they remain popular on stages around the world, and have been adapted for every narrative medium, including a great many paintings.

June 13, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painted Deserts 1

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Before the 19th century, most paintings of deserts were imaginary. Then artists started to paint them at first hand. Paintings up to 1864.

December 18, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Jason and the Golden Fleece 2

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Once he has the Golden Fleece, Jason is pursued by Medea’s father. They make away in his ship the Argo, but he later abandons Medea, and everything goes wrong for them both.

October 31, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Painting the surreal before Surrealism 1

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Examples of surreal visual art from Bosch in about 1500, through Piranesi’s Imaginary Prison, Richard Dadd, to Félix Vallotton in 1892.

September 4, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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